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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_10633_12421019.1202161357853 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I don't think I've ever heard of an owl scavenging, I can ask around of my owly colleagues. Certainly owls can be trained to scavenge (in captive settings, they're almost always fed on dead stuff), but it's not, as far as I know, in their typical repertoire. I don't know a whole lot about cats (anatomically, I do, but not much else), but what I do know is that their teeth are not well adapted for crushing a bone...I've heard that because of this, they tend to eat around the bones, but generally do not eat the bones themselves; this is in direct contrast with dogs which do have molars adapted for crushing. Cat teeth are only adapted for nipping, piercing, holding and slicing. Could you cut a bone with a pair of scissors? Sure, but not effectively. Randy On 04/02/2008, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > If an owl will take roadkill then the fractured bones would not be > diagnostic. Will they ? > DW > > Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan wrote: > > > Randy Lauff was kind enough to put my photo on his website. The link > > is below. So far, no definite conclusion. Could be an owl, possibly a > > bobcat, or coyote. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > > > > > http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/scat_or_pellet.jpg > > > > > > > > There's the link. I'm certainly tempted to say it's a pellet from a GH > > Owl...no other NS owls take adult rabbits (routinely anyway), and that > > prominent bone fragment does not suggest any other white mammal. > > > > > > > > There does not appear to be any faeces in it...just bone and fur (and > > fresh-looking fur at that). > > > > > > > > The only thin that bothers me somewhat is the fractured bone...owls > > aren't good at doing that. It doesn't rule out an owl pellet by any > > means, but it's something to think about. > > > > > > > > Randy > > > > Antigonish County, NS. > > > > > -- Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_10633_12421019.1202161357853 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>I don't think I've ever heard of an owl scavenging, I can ask around of my owly colleagues. Certainly owls can be trained to scavenge (in captive settings, they're almost always fed on dead stuff), but it's not, as far as I know, in their typical repertoire.</div> <div> </div> <div>I don't know a whole lot about cats (anatomically, I do, but not much else), but what I do know is that their teeth are not well adapted for crushing a bone...I've heard that because of this, they tend to eat around the bones, but generally do not eat the bones themselves; this is in direct contrast with dogs which do have molars adapted for crushing. Cat teeth are only adapted for nipping, piercing, holding and slicing. Could you cut a bone with a pair of scissors? Sure, but not effectively.</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">David & Alison Webster</b> <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi All,<br> If an owl will take roadkill then the fractured bones would not be<br>diagnostic. Will they ?<br> DW<br><br>Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan wrote:<br><br>> Randy Lauff was kind enough to put my photo on his website. The link<br>> is below. So far, no definite conclusion. Could be an owl, possibly a<br>> bobcat, or coyote. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.<br> ><br>> Andy<br>><br>><br>><br>> Hi Andy,<br>><br>><br>><br>> http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/scat_or_pellet.jpg<br>><br> ><br>><br>> There's the link. I'm certainly tempted to say it's a pellet from a GH<br>> Owl...no other NS owls take adult rabbits (routinely anyway), and that<br>> prominent bone fragment does not suggest any other white mammal.<br> ><br>><br>><br>> There does not appear to be any faeces in it...just bone and fur (and<br>> fresh-looking fur at that).<br>><br>><br>><br>> The only thin that bothers me somewhat is the fractured bone...owls<br> > aren't good at doing that. It doesn't rule out an owl pellet by any<br>> means, but it's something to think about.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Randy<br>><br>> Antigonish County, NS.<br>><br> <br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_10633_12421019.1202161357853--
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